(8) a. wǒ
(=1SG)
xǐhuan
(=like)
Susan
(=Susan)
'I
like Susan.'
(8) b. Susan
(=Susan)
xǐhuan
(=like)
wǒ
(=1SG)
'Susan
likes me.'
(9) wǒ
(=1SG)
bǎ
(=OBJ)
shū
(=book)
mǎi
(=buy)
le
(=CURR.REL)
'I
bought the book.' (Li and Thompson 1981:21)
(10) a. tā
(=3SG)
cóng
(=from)
Zhōngguó
(=China)
lái
(=come)
le
(=CURR.REL) 'He/she has come from China.'
(Li and Thompson 1981:24)
(10) b. wǒ-men
(=1PL)
fēi
(=fly)
dào
(=to)
Shànghǎi
(=Shanghai)
le
(=CURR.REL) 'We flew to Shanghai.'
(Li and Thompson 1981:410)
(11) a. tā
(=3SG)
((cóng
(=from)))
míngtiān
(=tomorrow)
qǐ
(=from)
shàngbān
(=go.to.work) 'He will go to work from
tomorrow on.'
(11) b. tā
(=3SG)
((xiàng
(=like)))
húli
(=fox)
sìde
(=like)
jiǎohúa
(=sly) 'He is sly like a fox.'
(12) Zhāngsān
(=Zhangsan)
bǐ
(=than)
tā
(=3SG)
pàng
(=fat) 'Zhangsan is fatter than him/her.'
(Li and Thompson: 142)
(13) gāmyaht
(=today)
yiht
(=hot)
gwo
(=than)
kàhmyaht
(=yesterday) 'Today is hotter than
yesterday.' (Matthews and Yip 1994:166)
(14) tā
(=3SG)
kuài-kuài-de
(=quickly)
zǒu
(=walk) 'She/he walked quickly.' (Li
and Thompson 1981:323)
(15) [wǒ
(=1SG)
gěi
(=give)
nǐ
(=2SG)
de
(=LINK)]
shū
(=book) 'the book [that I gave you]'
(Li and Thompson 1981:117)